York | Archive | 2001 | January
THE Ministry of Agriculture will hold a seminar for livestock farmers at the Fox and Rabbit Inn at Lockton on January 18, starting at 7.30pm. more...
NATIONAL Farmers' Union president and Easingwold farmer Ben Gill has estimated the cost to the farming industry of the floods and recent bad weather at a crippling £500m. more...
This column is supplied by Derek Knight (01430) 861988 and Julie Cartner (01904) 491478 who are consultants for ADAS in East and North Yorkshire. more...
I AM always surprised, for a day or two, how bare our house looks when the Christmas decorations come down; and this unconnectedly coincides with the fall in demand for fatstock, triggered by post-festive realism that we are short of money. more...
As the City of York Council launches a campaign to recruit more school governors, education reporter Janet Hewison meets two retired women who are governors in York schools. more...
Almost a thousand people were evacuated from city centre offices today after a suspect package was found at United House, Piccadilly. more...
Flooding chiefs revealed today how flood forecasts failed during the November disaster - and how communications between agencies were difficult and confused. more...
The mother of a fatal accident victim on a notorious Ryedale road today welcomed plans to improve it - but said it should have been done long ago. more...
A former military policeman from Selby has been jailed for six years for petrol-bombing a nightclub. more...
Nearly 50 years separate the journey from hell and the journey from heaven for one York couple. more...
A father-of-two died of leukaemia the very month he was due to have a bone marrow transplant. more...
Drivers can expect a string of temporary traffic lights and diversions in the coming months as nearly £1m of road repairs begin. more...
A teenager faced two firearms charges at Harrogate after a pistol was pulled in the town's magistrates court. more...
Coppergate objectors are being mobilised by a city-wide leafleting campaign. more...
Travelling man Melvyn Bird saw nothing wrong in carrying two knives at York Railway Station. more...
The Lord Mayor of York, Councillor Shan Braund, treated the public to an unusual ceremony at the Mansion House, York. more...
Plans to create a bypass around a Ryedale village plagued by heavy traffic have moved a step closer, but villagers claim the proposed road will leave many residents cut off. more...
An unholy row has erupted over a proposal to remove a York church's historic altar rail. more...
The motorcyclist involved in this accident, in Doncaster Road, Selby, had to be taken to hospital after suffering leg injuries. more...
I DIDN'T read the letter sent in by Heather Causnett but I did read Colin Jeffrey's (January 5). more...
I am writing in response to the suggestion made by Rowland Burdon in Saturday's Evening Press regarding a need for a bus station at a sensible location (January 6). more...
AS someone who has been involved in local government, at all levels, for many years, and is still involved in Heslington Parish Council, I feel that probably the most important legacy of the post war Labour government was, for the first time ever, the creation of a system of local planning. more...
IT WAS supposed to be a romantic trip back into the past, a happy journey by train to revive memories of a treasured honeymoon. But this was no brief encounter. more...
THE statistics of death and injury speak for themselves. Nearly 50 accidents on a three-kilometre stretch of the A64 between York and Malton since 1995 meant the Highways Agency had to act. more...
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Star forward Michael Smith today confirmed his York Wasps career is over. more...
Yorkshire were bracing themselves for a heated and acrimonious meeting today when the general committee were due to discuss the sensational departure of director of coaching Martyn Moxon. more...
Star forward Michael Smith today confirmed his York Wasps career is over. more...
York City were dealt fresh injury woe today with the news rookie defender Marc Thompson will miss Saturday's trip to Barnet. more...
Leeds goalkeeper Paul Robinson is top of Sven-Goran Eriksson's hit parade. more...
Yorkshire were bracing themselves for a heated and acrimonious meeting today when the general committee were due to discuss the sensational departure of director of coaching Martyn Moxon. more...
York Acorn will next week kick-off a series of celebrations to mark their latest milestone. more...
York's Stuart Bryan produced the bowls nationals' most dazzling performance to beat Thornaby's Mark O'Riordan in the men's under-25s singles play-off final between areas 3 and 4. more...
The Yorkshire Ladies had an excellent 116-104 victory in the Atherley Trophy against Nottinghamshire, who knocked the white rose county out of the competition at the same stage last year. more...
Home was where the art was for York Ladies in their North Eastern League game against Hornsea. more...
Clifton scored a convincing 7-2 home win over University Student Ladies in division one of the York Badminton League. Lorraine Ellis and Melanie Knowles took the best Clifton return with three straight wins for 92-44. Liz Windle and Roz Ellis took both student wins, but lost out ten and nine to Ellis and Knowles. more...
THE postponement of York City's clash at Cheltenham today has added impetus to fresh calls from manager Terry Dolan for a mid-season break. more...
York City were dealt fresh injury woe today with the news rookie defender Marc Thompson will miss Saturday's trip to Barnet. more...
County Durham trainer Howard Johnson, who was on the mark at Catterick yesterday with Teme Valley, can follow-up with Big Max at Musselburgh tomorrow - provided the meeing beats the forecast frost. more...
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